Earmarking in the U.S. Department of Transportation Research Program
Author : Ann Margaret Brach
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
The Pig Book
Author : Citizens Against Government Waste
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 36,42 MB
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 146685314X
Book Description
The federal government wastes your tax dollars worse than a drunken sailor on shore leave. The 1984 Grace Commission uncovered that the Department of Defense spent $640 for a toilet seat and $436 for a hammer. Twenty years later things weren't much better. In 2004, Congress spent a record-breaking $22.9 billion dollars of your money on 10,656 of their pork-barrel projects. The war on terror has a lot to do with the record $413 billion in deficit spending, but it's also the result of pork over the last 18 years the likes of: - $50 million for an indoor rain forest in Iowa - $102 million to study screwworms which were long ago eradicated from American soil - $273,000 to combat goth culture in Missouri - $2.2 million to renovate the North Pole (Lucky for Santa!) - $50,000 for a tattoo removal program in California - $1 million for ornamental fish research Funny in some instances and jaw-droppingly stupid and wasteful in others, The Pig Book proves one thing about Capitol Hill: pork is king!
Transportation Research Priorities
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 28,49 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Book Description
Funding Science in America
Author : James D. Savage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 26,27 MB
Release : 2000-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521794619
Book Description
Funding Science in America, first published in 1999, explores the pros and cons of the academic earmarking issue.
The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009
Author : Transportation Research Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0309178231
Book Description
TRB Special Report 295, The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009: Strengths and Weaknesses assesses how well the investments that Congress made in research programs through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users comply with the principles articulated in the preface to the act's research title. The book contains findings and recommendations about specific research programs and calls for reliance on competition and merit review in awarding funds through the Federal Highway Administration and in selecting institutions for the University Transportation Centers program of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration.
Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
Author : National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN :
Book Description
Safety Research on Highway Infrastructure and Operations
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Research Priorities and Coordination in Highway Infrastructure and Operations Safety
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 18,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
ISBN : 0309113148
Book Description
"TRB Special Report 292 ... recommends the creation of an independent scientific advisory committee (SAC). The SAC would be charged with development of a transparent process for identifying and prioritizing research needs and opportunities in highway safety, with emphasis on infrastructure and operations, and using the process developed to recommend a national research agenda focused on highway infrastructure and operations safety. The report also explores opportunities to improve the quality of highway safety research." -- publisher's website.
A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Study on Transportation Research Programs to Address Energy and Climate Change
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 23,85 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309142755
Book Description
TRB Special Report 299: A Transportation Research Program for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change and Conserving Energy suggests that federal, state, and local policy makers need informed guidance about the effectiveness, costs, feasibility, and acceptability of transportation strategies to mitigate transportation greenhouse gas emissions and conserve energy and to adapt to climate change. The report covers strategies affecting travel and mode choice, models and decision tools, infrastructure investment options, and infrastructure construction, operation, and maintenance. The committee that prepared the report recommends beginning a research and development initiative by making a modest investment of 40 million to 45 million annually in the next surface transportation authorization that would be used to develop the best available guidance quickly on the basis of existing information and then begin to improve that guidance over time as new research is completed.
A Guide to the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
Author : United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Air
ISBN :
Book Description
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) established the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program. The CMAQ Program emphasizes the importance of the link between transportation and air quality, by providing 6 billion dollars between 1992-1997 for transportation projects and programs to improve air quality. Consequently, many areas will be able to implement transportation control measures (TCMs), in compliance with the mandates of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA).
Surface Transportation
Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Traffic congestion
ISBN :
